Delayed Ethereum 'Merge' Could Impact Graphics Card Market
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Originally slated to occur in 2019, the Ethereum network's Merge event marks the point at which the blockchain's security and consensus mechanism switches from the current PoW (Proof of Work) model, in which miners use their GPUs to number-crunch transactions in the network, to the less hardware and energy-demanding Proof of Stake design. It's been delayed, again, but only by a few more months (supposedly).